Title in the Language of the Record

Registro Civil del Departamento de Huánuco, Perú.

Record Description

This is a collection of civil registration records of births, marriages, and deaths for the years 1889 to 1997 from localities in the department of Huánuco, Peru. The text of the records is in Spanish.

The Department of Huanuco includes the following provinces:

Ambo

Dos de Mayo

Huacaybamba

Huamalies

Huanuco

Lauricocha

Leoncio Prado

Marañon

Pachitea

Puerto Inca

Yarowilca

Some of these provinces may not be represented completely in the FamilySearch website, but images and data will continue to be published as they become available. All the records were handwritten in Spanish, earlier records in narrative style and later ones in formatted registers. If you have more descriptive information about these records, please help us by supplying appropriate information here.

For a list of records by localities and dates currently published in this collection, select the Browse link from the collection landing page.

Record Content

Birth Record

Marriage Record

Death Record

Baptismal records usually contain the following information:

Name of civil registration office

Name and gender of child

Date, place and time of birth

Father's name, age and occupation

Father's origin, nationality and residence

Mother's name, age and occupation

Mother's origin, nationality and residence

Name of person making the registration

Declarant's age, occupation, origin, nationality and residence

Marriage records usually contain the following information:

Date, place, and time of marriage

Names of bride and groom

Groom's age, civil status, residence, origin and nationality

Names of groom's parents and their nationality

Bride's age, civil status, residence, origin and nationality

Names of bride's parents and their nationality

Names of witnesses, their age(s) and residence(s)

Death records usually contain the following information:

Date and place of registration

Name, age and gender of deceased

Civil status, occupation and residence of deceased

Origin and nationality of deceased

Date, time and place of death

Cause of death

Name of person making the registration

Declarant's age, occupation, origin, nationality and residence

How to Use the Record

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